By: Manuella Soares Hey all and welcome back to another Friday here at Functionally Fictional! This week I wanted to continue with a Friday Firsts post, as I'm digging it. For those who don’t know, Friday Firsts was created by Tenacious Reader and is used to spotlight the first few sentences/paragraphs of your current read... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: December 8, 2021
By: Mariah Brown WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? Hallowed Trail by Alyssa Lynn Grimm: Daughter of a Curse by JR White The... Continue Reading →
Leah’s Review of “Someone We Know” by Shari Lapena
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Someone We Know Author: Shari LapenaGenre: Mystery/ThrillerPublication Date: July 30, 2019Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, murder, gore, alcohol abuse, mention of abortion, infidelity ★★★★★ Plot summary Maybe you don’t know your neighbors as well as you thought you did… “This is a very difficult letter... Continue Reading →
Friday Firsts: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
By: Manuela Soares Hello all, and happy Friday! Last week, I came across a new (to me at least) Friday theme called Friday Firsts. It was created by Tenacious Reader and is used to spotlight the first few sentences/paragraphs of your current read and your first impressions. It’s meant to be a quick and easy... Continue Reading →
Mariah’s Review of “BoneMan’s Daughters” by Ted Dekker
By: Mariah Brown Ted Dekker has done it again. I absolutely loved BoneMan's Daughters because it was thrilling and kept me wanting more. I am a huge Dekker fan. This book made me even more of a fan. If you are looking for a really good thriller to read by him, I would recommend Thr3e... Continue Reading →
The Crazy Eights: Black Ops 888
Author: William Pierre & CinqueGet it here! Joseph "Spade" Spader, Pamela "Smoke" Prescott, Christopher "Eight-Ball" Chen, Cornelius "The Hammer" Brown, Chisella "Chill" Martinez, Chaco "Crossbow" Hawikuh, Antonette "The Huntress" Hunter, Clinton "Ballistic" Andrews. These are The Crazy Eights: Black Ops 888. An elite paramilitary group employed by the United States government to handle the dirty... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Books to Movies
By: Mariah Brown I would love to see the entire book be turned into a movie, but we all know that will never happen. Things get edited and removed for one reason or another. Here is a list of my favorite books turned to movies. Divergent by Veronica Roth is a really good book. When... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: October 6, 2021
By: Mariah Brown The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer and I am loving it so far. The Cabin by Natasha Preston Spell Caster by Laura Greenwood What... Continue Reading →
The Shattered Violin
Author: Jared BodnarGet it here! Conner and his fiancée Cassie had a fairytale love. They complemented each other in every way and looked forward to a perfect future ahead of them. In one day, that future is destroyed. Cassie is brutally murdered, leaving Conner broken, alone, and filled with pain. He knows the pain of... Continue Reading →
Mariah’s Review of “Play Dead” by Ted Dekker
By: Mariah Brown Play Dead written by Ted Dekker had some really well laid out material. It is a story about virtual reality technology and how it is being used in the world. Dekker made the plotline of this book in such a manor that you may be wondering if the reality you are in... Continue Reading →
